Toy car



-A. C. BROWN AND S. P. SMITH.

Tov cA'R. APLICATION FIL'ED MAY 20. |920.

1,381,061. mallteam 7, 1921.

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g Unirse stares 'ARTHUR o. Beovm AND sinner r. satira, or Nonwroir, CONNECTICUT.

Y TOY CAR.A

' Speecaton of Letters Patent..v Patented JuneY 7, 1921 Application inea May 2o, 192e. serial No. 382,955.

T o 'all whom z5-may concern.'

Be it known that we, ARTHUR C. BROWN and SIDNEY P. SMITH, citizens of the United States, and residents of. Norwich, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented va new and Improved Toy Car, of which the following is a full,-

clear, and exact description. I

This invention relates toa toy car and has for an object to provide an improved construction in which the car body is so mounted on supporting wheels as to not readily tip over when in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a 'construction of toy which may be used as a car, and which has the general appearance of an aeroplane, though acting as a car or wagon.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a toy car having a suspension. for the body which will not interfere vwith the turning of the frontwheels Yduring steering, and which will allow either front wheel to be raised from the ground without tilting the body and either rear wheel to be raised from thev ground without upsetting the device.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a side view of a toy car disclosing an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the structure shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view through Fig. 1 on line %4.

Fig. 5 is a detail fragmentary perspective view showing a front` supporting and steerino frame.

eferring to the accompanying drawings bv numerals, 1 indicates the body of the car which may be formed of any desired material and of substantially any desired shape, that shown being in the form of a fuselage of an aeroplane when viewed from the side. Viewed from the top it is comparatively narrow, as it is shown as being formed from a wood slab and somewhat pointed at the forward end, which forward end receives a freely rotatable propeller 2 designed to rotate by the air pressure against the same as the car moves along. The rearl part of the body 1 is provided with a seat 3 secured in place by nails or other suitable fastening means and arranged to be 1n a substantially horizontal plane. Also at they rear is provided a pair of stirrups or bars 4 Y and 5 bolted or otherwise rigidly secured to the body 1 and provided with apertures at the lower or free ends for receiving a rear axle 6. This axle carries wheels 7 'and 8f which freely rotate-thereon and which are held lin place by any suitable means as by washers and cotter pins.v At the front of the body 1 is arranged a frame 9 which supports the front of :the body 1 while permitting a free steering action. I*

As indicated in Figs. 3 and5 the frame 9 is provided with-,a yoke member '10 having apertures 11 for Yaccommodating. the' front*y axle 12 which vaxle carries the freelyrota-'-L table wheels 13 `and 14. The yoke 10 has a central horizontal section 15 which accommodates the screw 16, said screw passing loosely through the section. 15 and into the body 1 whereby said body is held in such position as to continually rest upon the section 15. There Vis enough space or loose motion between-the headof the screw 16 and section,

15 to allowthe yoke 10 to tilt to an appreciable extent without any' binding action between the pin 1,6. and section 15. yRiveted or otherwise rigidly lsecured to the yoke 10, as indicated in Fig. 5, are upright bars 17 and 18, said bars having laterally extending projections 19 and 20 through which screws or other fastening means are passed for clamping a plane or winged surface 21 in place on the extensions 19 and 20. The plane 21 acts as a steering handle for shifting the frame 9. A transverse plate or strip 22 is connected to the upright bars 17 and 18 by rivets i or in any other suitable way. A slot 23 is arranged in the plate 22, said slot accommodating a pin-24 which extends into the body 1 whereby said body is guided and also the frame 9 is prevented from moving away from theV bodyr 1 at the upper part of the body. By this construction and arrangement either front wheel may be raised from the ground an appreciable distance without tilting the frame 1 or 4causing an upsetting action, as the body 1v will automatically maintain a vertical position and the pin 24 will move correspondingly in the slot 23. rThis construction also permits the easy steering of the car without danger of tilting thereof. In addition the arrangement ofthe slot 23 and pins 16 and 24 permits either of the rear wheels to be raised from the ground without upsetting the car as the two front wheels would remain `on the ground and providea proper support, This action naturally is a rocking action'as Jfar as the front lower surface of the body l is concerned .as

`frame carryingtwoof said traction wheels` adjacent the `front of said body, a single lower pivotal `pin connecting said body with said frame, a `movableconnection between the upper partof the body in said. frame, said movable connection permitting the frame to swing laterally and means Vfor connecting two of said traction wheels body near the rear thereof. i

2. toy car comprising a' body, apair of traction wheels connectedto thebody at the rear, a rameat the front of said body, a pair of traction `wheels for supporting said iframe, said frame -having a bar on which the front part of saidbody rests, a

Apin" extending through said bar into the lowerwpart of said body and means ,connecting the `upper "part of thebody with said frame so `as to allow said upper part toV swing laterally independently of the frame. 3. A` toy car comprising a body, a seat arranged at` the Arear part, of the body, a-

pair ofi traction wheels connected with the to said rearpart of said body, a ramea'straddling the front part of said bodyformed vwith a pair of transverse bars, a pairA oi traction downwardly into the upper part `of the body, said lastmentioned pin being permitted free side movement so that either j of the front wheels/may beraised without*V molesting the `vertical position of the body. '4. A toy car comprising a b'ody,a pair of traction wheels connected to the body adjacent the rear, a frame adjacent the Jiront, means for connecting they frame with the body adjacent the' front so thatV the frame may swing :freely within certain limits in a plane substantially at right angles to the. direction` offrmovement of the car, and a pair of traction vwheels lconnected with ,said frame,

5. Ai car of the character describedv com-l prising a body, a pair of traction ywheels adjacent the rear ofthe body, a frame straddling thebody adjacentl the` front, said frame having a supporting section and ak `guiding section, said guiding section having a slide therein, a pair of tractionwheels car ried by said frame, agpin Vextending through said supporting section upwardly into the body, and a pin extending through said slot downwardly into the body whereby the frame may tilt without tilting the body.

ARTHUR C. BROWN. i SIDNEY P. SMITH. 

